Amblygaster

Amblygaster
A. sirm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
Genus:	Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849
Type species
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 [1]
Synonyms
Sardinops (Fusiclupea) Whitley, 1940

Amblygaster is a small genus of sardinellas in the herring family Dorosomatidae. It currently contains four species. ^[2] They are found in Indo-West Pacific regions.

Species

• Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 (Bleeker's smoothbelly sardinella)
• Amblygaster indiana Mary, Balasubramanian, Selvaraju & Shiny, 2017
• Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847) (Smoothbelly sardinella)
• Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) (Spotted sardinella)

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Dorosomatidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Amblygaster". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 November 2025.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amblygaster". FishBase . June 2011 version.